I am starting a personal mission to remove the word “busy” from my standard response when someone asks me how things are going. I have been replying with this overused word for more years than I care to admit. “Oh, you’re the one who is busy?” We are all busy! I have used it as a symbol of awesomeness. After all, people who are worth something are busy, right? People who are worth something have more demands on their time than time in the day. Well, there is another side to this. It could just be that when I say I am busy I am actually saying, “I haven’t prioritized my time well enough.” Prioritization fails happen when we stop wielding the ultimate club – the word “no.” No forces us to make choices. No forces us to keep our promises. No is used to keep us happily producing for the long term. What if we said it more often?
“How can I mentor if everybody is remote?”
LinkedIn Micro-Poll Key Insights: More than half of us are back in the office in a meaningful way.A strong third of us are keeping it 100% remote. This info from a micro-poll I posted last week on LinkedIn. The biggest objection I hear about remote work is how it...